Satinder Sidhu

Satinder views every file as an opportunity to advocate for clients while working to achieve a favourable and economical resolution of the construction or insurance matter at issue.

The construction clients that Satinder works with bring projects to life proficiently. The insurance clients that she works with manage a large volume of claims with expertise and efficiency. Satinder mirrors these qualities in her practice, ensuring that clients can execute their projects and resolve their claims in a timely and skillful manner.

Work Highlights

Public sector service provider

Successfully negotiated settlement and significant reduction of $10M delay claim by contractor, resulting in ministry and tax payers avoiding years of litigation and legal costs

RodRozen Designs Inc. v. 0977168 B.C. Ltd., 2016 BCSC 834

Successfully secured the cancellation of a certificate of pending litigation against property where claimant failed to assert the proper proprietary claim in context of a joint venture agreement to carry out construction work

Property owner/developer

Successfully negotiated settlement of claim against insured with a $1 mill exposure for land subsidence and potential collapse of a structure. At mediation, secured a substantial contribution from the co-defendant engineer notwithstanding a limitation of liability clause

Construction Litigation Services

Satinder has appeared at all levels of BC court, where she devotes methodical attention to every detail of a file to formulate thoughtful and effective strategies that bring success.

Satinder immerses herself in our clients’ businesses, whether they are developers, design professionals, contractors or any number of companies or individuals dealing with an insured loss. The list is vast and varied as to the types of businesses and individuals with which Satinder gets to engage. This experience allows her to better help clients both defend claims and pursue them.

Satinder takes her work as a personal reflection and always wants that image to be positive. This means working smartly and diligently to ensure that every work product is a reflection of which she is proud.

Satinder finds it rewarding to help clients successfully face legal challenges so that they can get back to enjoying their lives beyond litigation.

Public sector service provider

Successfully negotiated settlement and significant reduction of $10M delay claim by contractor, resulting in ministry and tax payers avoiding years of litigation and legal costs

RodRozen Designs Inc. v. 0977168 B.C. Ltd., 2016 BCSC 834

Successfully secured the cancellation of a certificate of pending litigation against property where claimant failed to assert the proper proprietary claim in context of a joint venture agreement to carry out construction work

Property owner/developer

Successfully negotiated settlement of claim against insured with a $1 mill exposure for land subsidence and potential collapse of a structure. At mediation, secured a substantial contribution from the co-defendant engineer notwithstanding a limitation of liability clause

Chamberlain v. Jodoin, 2011 BCSC 739 aff’d on appeal 2012 BCCA 108

Regional University

Extracted university from numerous lien claims and demands from CRA, Employment Standards and WCB arising through defunct contractor on construction projects

Amateur Hockey Association, League, Coach and Player

Successfully negotiated $25,000 settlement of $265,000 claim against various insureds covered under hockey association’s CGL policy where questionable whether insured player’s conduct was outside the expected scope of play

Local Restaurant and Bar

Defended insured establishment against liquor liability claim and established protocol for licensed establishments and their insurers to guard against over-service

"Satinder, I want to personally thank you for your efforts; I very much admired the clear expression of our wishes: you're a gift. The money is certainly great but the satisfaction of prevailing over such tempestuous adversaries feels wonderful."

Architect and founding partner of architectural firm

"Satinder handled this file and did an amazing job. I was astonished at how the claim settled at the end of the day. I was expecting to be liable and to compensate the Plaintiff, and the outcome was that the Plaintiff would withdraw the claim."